Data Lead

Shape player experiences and foster Star Merge growth through data-driven strategies!

If you’re a skilled Data Lead ready to join our growing team, let’s connect! In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to shape a modern analytics team, drive product and marketing decisions, and make a real impact on how we scale our game and company - all in a creative, collaborative, and metrics-driven culture.

Let's merge your talents with our vision and create something truly magical! ⭐

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and lead a small team of product and marketing analysts, setting priorities aligned with product and growth goals, and fostering their development into trusted, high-leverage partners.
• Own and evolve the company’s data stack (BigQuery & Looker), ensuring data quality, clear taxonomy, robust documentation, and scalable event tracking in collaboration with engineers.
• Drive product and gameplay analytics, defining success metrics, analyzing retention, monetization, engagement and feature performance, and leading experimentation (A/B testing, holdouts).
• Deliver actionable marketing & UA insights, integrating attribution and ad platform data, tracking ROAS, CPI, and creative performance, and identifying growth and channel opportunities.
• Champion a data-informed culture, improving data literacy through training, enabling self-service dashboards, and establishing regular KPI reviews to guide decision-making across teams.

Requirements:

• 5-7+ years in Product/Growth analytics, with at least 1-2 years in a leadership role.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with BigQuery or similar cloud warehouse environments.
• Proven experience with Looker (or similar tools), including data modeling and dashboard creation.
• Familiarity with F2P mobile game KPIs and lifecycle metrics (retention, ARPDAU, LTV, churn).
• Understanding of UA and attribution ecosystems (Meta Ads, Google UAC, SKAN, MMPs like Adjust/Appsflyer).
• Experience managing or mentoring analysts, while staying hands-on with analytics work.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Strategic mindset with a proactive, business-oriented approach.
• Fluent English - confident in written and verbal communication, able to present insights and collaborate across teams effectively.

We offer:

• Remote-first approach with various collaboration models
• Smooth onboarding experience, with full support from our team to help you feel confident from accepting the offer
• Work alongside experienced, like-minded professionals with an opportunity for fast professional growth
• Competitive salaries, reviewed on a timely basis, or personal achievements and involvement in the project
• A standard 5-day workweek, synced with the GMT+3 time zone
• 20 business days of paid vacation, with the option to take single days off from this amount
• Public holidays based on your country of residence
• 5 sick days per year for health-related needs - no doctor’s note required

📍Moldova-based? You’re covered with full IT Park social benefits

📍Estonia-based? You’ll get a full employment contract under Estonian law